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The Global Solutions Initiative is a think tank network that advises international organizations such as the G7, G20, the OECD and others on issues of global concern such as climate change, social injustice or migration and makes policy and research-based recommendations. The secretariat is based in Berlin. The Global Solutions Initiative was founded in 2017 on the occasion of the German G20 Council Presidency by Dennis J. Snower, who is also President of the Initiative. The initiative accompanies the respective G7 and G20 presidencies.

Structure and objective
The backbone of the Global Solutions Initiative are the think tanks (T = Think) associated in the T20 network. The initiative has brought together the think tanks and universities associated with it in the "Council for Global Problem-Solving" (CGP). The CGP formulates research-based policy recommendations for the G20, which are submitted annually to the respective G20 President via the T20. The content of the recommendations relates to the priorities of the G20 and T20 (e.g. climate change, social inequality, data society, migration, gender equality, cooperation with Africa, future of work, further development of multilateralism, global health care, food and energy security). The Global Solutions Initiative makes its recommendations for action available to the public on the G20 Insights Platform. The research coordinator of the Global Solutions Initiative is the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW).

The Global Solutions Initiative is committed to ensuring that the recoupling of economic-technological and social progress is at the center of politics, business and social interaction. In order to achieve this, there must be a paradigm shift in the economy and society towards sustainability: "Recoupling is about [...] focusing on future-oriented education and lifelong learning, with an emphasis on social solidarity and personal empowerment to shape one's own life through one's own efforts. In other words, to include the social dimension of every action. (Dennis J. Snower and Markus Engels on the concept of "Recoupling" in the Süddeutsche Zeitung, September 27, 2019)"

Leadership
The founder and president of the Global Solutions Initiative is Dennis J. Snower. Since the 2019/20 academic year, he has also been Professor of Macroeconomics and Sustainability at the Hertie School in Berlin, Fellow at THE NEW INSTITUTE, Senior Research Fellow at the Blavatnik School of Government (Oxford University), Non-resident Fellow at the Brookings Institution and Visiting Professor at University College London and Birkbeck College, Research Fellow at the Center for Economic Policy Research (London). Until 2019, he was President of the Institute for the World Economy (IfW). The Secretary General of the initiative is Markus Engels, who has worked for the German Bundestag, the SPD and the European Parliament, among others. The managing directors of the Global Solutions Initiative Foundation are Agnes Michalik and Susanne Staufer.

Formats and publications
The Global Solutions Initiative organizes the Global Solutions Summit in Berlin once a year, which takes place in the middle of each G20 presidency. Heads of government, ministers, representatives of international organizations and global civil society as well as business representatives and leading scientists are invited to this conference to discuss concrete solutions for sustainable multilateralism. Among others, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Finance Minister Olaf Scholz and Foreign Minister Heiko Maas already took part in the Global Solutions Summit, as did EU Vice Commission Presidents Frans Timmermans and Valdis Dombrovskis, Nobel laureates Georg Akerlof, James J. Heckman, Edmund Phelps, the G20 Sherpa of the OECD Gabriela Ramos, the President of the Global Summit of Women Irene Natividad and the founder of the African technology group Janngo, Fatoumata Ba.

The Global Solutions Initiative also offers an annual program for young leaders from around the world who are committed to the initiative's recoupling narrative. As part of the so-called Young Global Changers' (YGC) program, up to 100 young people from research, policy consulting, business and civil society are invited to the Global Solutions Summit and complete a summer school beforehand.

The Global Solutions Initiative is the publisher of the Global Solutions Journal, which brings together articles by scientists as well as authors from business and civil society who are working on the implementation of ideas for global solutions. Issues are intended to bridge vision, recommendations and action and are published to coincide with the Global Solutions Summit and official T20 and Think7 events.

Funding
The Global Solutions Initiative is funded through collaborations with partners, including Stiftung Mercator, The New Institute, Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Bundesministerium der Finanzen, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and PwC. The global media partner is CNBC. Other media partners are also FleishmanHillard and the local radio station Radio Eins.

Weblinks

 * G20 Insights Platform
 * Website of the Global Solutions Initiative
 * Website of the Council for Global Problem-Solving (CGP)
 * Think7